"One Hour in Wonderland" is the first Disney television special...a portent of things to come. However, it's also a giant TV commercial for Coke and an upcoming Disney film ("Alice in Wonderland")...and to everyone but the kids, this will be obvious.
The show stars Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy and it begins with their going to a kids party at Walt Disney's house. There you see a couple Disney properties (Kathryn Beaumont and Bobby Driscoll) as well as Disney's own two daughters among the guests. Using the Magic Mirror as a plot device, the kids all watch various Disney film clips as well as some of the soon to be released movie.
Overall, this is a very enjoyable and pleasant TV show. My only gripes are how obvious the ads are as well as the complete randomness of several of the film clips. Still, it is fun and it's also nice that the clips were still in color...even though TVs in 1950 couldn't display color. I assume this was easier than converting the clips to black & white as well as if they wanted to re-show this at a later date when, perhaps, color was the norm.
If you are interested in seeing it, it's available to view or download at archive.org.
The show stars Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy and it begins with their going to a kids party at Walt Disney's house. There you see a couple Disney properties (Kathryn Beaumont and Bobby Driscoll) as well as Disney's own two daughters among the guests. Using the Magic Mirror as a plot device, the kids all watch various Disney film clips as well as some of the soon to be released movie.
Overall, this is a very enjoyable and pleasant TV show. My only gripes are how obvious the ads are as well as the complete randomness of several of the film clips. Still, it is fun and it's also nice that the clips were still in color...even though TVs in 1950 couldn't display color. I assume this was easier than converting the clips to black & white as well as if they wanted to re-show this at a later date when, perhaps, color was the norm.
If you are interested in seeing it, it's available to view or download at archive.org.